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The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [4] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [5]
Served as Stephen Foster's inspiration for the song My Old Kentucky Home; built 1795; Fielding Bradford House (Scott County) Foster Sanford House, aka Lady Burlington (Burlington, Kentucky) – Grand Federal Style with Greek Revival c. 1831; Francis M. Stafford House (Paintsville) – Home of John Stafford, a founder of Paintsville.
There are 199 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 7 National Historic Landmarks. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumner County, Tennessee for additional properties in Goodlettsville, a city that spans the county line.
Historical marker at Frederick Stump House. Frederick Stump was born circa 1724. In Pennsylvania by the 1760s he was known to be aggressive in Native American territory. In January 1768, he killed or helped to kill ten native people, including four women, two children and an infant, in an incident later called "Stump's Massacre," [1] "Stumps Run Massacre," or "The Frederick Stump Affair."
Location of Jefferson County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
In 1922, the "My Old Kentucky Home Commission" purchased Federal Hill from Madge Rowan Frost, the last heir of Federal Hill farm. The Commission renovated the property and gave the farm to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for use as a state park, with the official dedication on July 4, 1923.
In 1792, the community began to take shape: 1) Knox County, Tennessee, was split off from Hawkins County, Tennessee; 2) settlers were constructing buildings on lots they received in the lottery; 3) Samuel and Nathan Cowan opened the first store; and 4) the first tavern was opened by John Chisholm. In 1793, a garrison of soldiers was assigned to ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.